#SpaceGun

A couple weeks ago, we took a look at Rudukai13’s “Apache Pug” knuckleduster revolver. Well, he was also been working on a modernized Schofield revolver design that he’s now completed and agreed to share with us on TFB’s Wheelgun Wednesday. I should note that Rudukai based this project around his reproduction Schofield top break revolver, a Uberti Hardin, which is based on Smith & Wesson’s Model 3. Despite not being an original Schofield, the Uberti Hardin reproduction commands its own special price of $1,699, so Rudukai’s desire to modernize, or desecrate it, should show his dedication to making his firearms work the way he wants them to. He also admits that he’s willing to rustle the feathers of purists at the same time. Let’s see how far the desecration of his top-broke revolver goes.

Did you know that in 1971, it was the first time that a human being drove a vehicle somewhere other than Earth? It was the Lunar Roving Vehicle built by Boeing. I guess it’s still there if you want to test drive it. To my knowledge, the astronauts weren’t armed, but the Curtis Custom Axiom build here would be a perfect fit for the Moon Buggy.

Photo Of The Day: Ben at Battle Born Photography is a great photographer and when he published his artistic version of the HERA Arms CQR Stock and CQR Front Grip it immediately caught our attention. The configuration here is like it’s been made for recording a movie about Space and Aliens. Hopefully, the good side wins.

In a few years Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, plans to get humans to Mars. I’m pretty sure most people have seen the Planet in the sky, knowingly or not. It’s the 4th planet from the Sun and it’s a rather cold one. It also has the largest volcano in the Solar System, and to me, it sounds like a one-way road to go there. I’d rather watch as others take-off, but if I was going there I’d rather go armed, and what better choice than a CZ BREN? A sound suppressor might not be needed in space, but who knows?

Today’s Photo Of The Day is composed by Mr 5lade. The firearm is a CZ Bren, kindly displayed by the Droid and flight assistant Maggie. But in this POTD we pretend it’s the next NASA Gun. While you’re in your deep sleep, traveling into unknown and remote galaxies, Maggie will take care of the cleaning of your Space Gun and make sure you’re comfortable.

When talking about  arming The Space Force and choosing the Official Space Gun, it seems we forgot the option from HERA Arms. My article titled  “HERA Arms CQR Stock and CQR Front Grip” was extremely popular, so when Ben at Battle Born Photography published his artistic version of the concept, I knew I had to ask for permission to use it for TFB’s Photo Of the Day. Hopefully, we can use more of his great material in the future.

A Tweet can make an excellent Photo Of The Day and get the conversation going. In this case a Tweet from ACR about “America’s First Space Age Automatic Rifle“. 

Are you more of an Old School or Red dot Space Gun kind of person?

FD Munitions was up in the NEXT area of SHOT Show. These are the small kiosks just outside the Press Room and often have some really interesting firearm development products at the show. FD Munitions is developing a caseless rifle. At least that is what they claim it to be. True caseless ammo does not have a metal container to hold the propellant. The FDM L5 rifle uses charge block ammo. It is a block of metal with five rounds in it. The block acts as one giant casing. The blocks are stackable and go into a giant magazine that is inserted from the left side of the L5 rifle.

As you may remember we’ve already talked about the Soviet “space guns” (firearms developed to issue to astronauts) in the past. Particularly we had a couple of  posts on TFB about the TP-82. It was officially adopted and was issued to Soviet astronaut since early ’80s. In this article, we’ll take a look at another such firearm, which was not adopted, yet it is pretty interesting in terms of its mechanism and the history of firearms development.

The history of the IWI Tavor is a subject that has interested me for close to a decade. The rifle’s history doesn’t seem to have been well-documented so far, at least in sources I have read; yet available on the Internet are many of the original concept images and mockups of the weapon. So, instead of writing a history on the Tavor, which I cannot yet do (although I am working on it!), let’s take a look at these concepts, and see how they evolved from the first drawings to the final product. (Note: About half the photos in this article came to me via a thread on bullpupforum.com, so thanks to them.)

The FS2000 is one of the strangest looking firearms that has ever come to market in the USA, but underneath the plastic exterior is a well engineered and reliable action that has seen military adoption in Europe. While the F2000 and its semi-auto only counterpart have never been big sellers, it is a great gun that provides an interesting shooting experience. In this episode of TFBTV, we shoot it a bit and then see what it can do from a moving vehicle.

NASA has a lot of smart people working for them. Considering this, I would have expected the Asteroid Redirect Mission to use more advanced technology than a firearm, but alas, sometimes violence is the answer.